Heavy Gunfire Heard In Burkina Barracks, Government Denies Army Takeover
NDTV
Burkinabe authorities arrested a dozen soldiers earlier this month on suspicion of conspiring against the government.
Gunfire rang out from several military camps in Burkina Faso early on Sunday, the government said, but it denied the military had seized power.
Heavy arms fire at the capital Ouagadougou's Sangoule Lamizana camp, which houses the army's general staff and a prison whose inmates include soldiers involved in a failed 2015 coup attempt, began at least as early as 5:00 a.m. (0500 GMT), a Reuters reporter said.
The reporter later saw soldiers firing into the air in the camp, and the air base close to Ouagadougou airport. A witness also reported gunfire at a military camp in Kaya, around 100 kms (62 miles) north of Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso's government confirmed gunfire at some military camps but denied reports on social media that the army had seized power.
